PERRON (a French word meaning properl...
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Originally appearing in Volume
V21,
Page 184
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also:PERRON (a See also:French word meaning properly a "large See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone," Ital. Petrone, from See also:Lat. See also:Petra, Fr. See also:pierre, stone)
, in See also:architecture, 1 See also:term applied to a raised See also:platform reached by steps in front of the entrance to a See also:building
.
The See also:grand See also:flight of See also:external steps entering the mansions of the See also:medieval See also:nobility or high officials was considered in itself a See also:mark of See also:jurisdiction, as it is said that See also:sentence was there pronounced against criminals, who were afterwards executed at the See also:foot of the steps—as at the See also:Giant's Stairs of the See also:Doge's See also:palace at See also:Venice
.
End of Article: PERRON (a French word meaning properly a "large stone," Ital. Petrone, from Lat. Petra, Fr. pierre, stone)
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